The History of the Royal Society of London, for the Improving of Natural Knowledge
Author : Thomas Sprat
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 12,49 MB
Release : 1667
Category : English poetry
ISBN :
The History of the Royal Society
Author : Thomas Sprat
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 2014-03-30
Category :
ISBN : 9781498089647
Book Description
This Is A New Release Of The Original 1667 Edition.
The Royal Society
Author : Adrian Tinniswood
Publisher : Basic Books
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 15,60 MB
Release : 2019-06-04
Category : History
ISBN : 154167376X
Book Description
An engaging new history of the Royal Society of London, the club that created modern scientific thought Founded in 1660 to advance knowledge through experimentally verified facts, The Royal Society of London is now one of the preeminent scientific institutions of the world. It published the world's first science journal, and has counted scientific luminaries from Isaac Newton to Stephen Hawking among its members. However, the road to truth was often bumpy. In its early years-while bickering, hounding its members for dues, and failing to create its own museum-members also performed sheep to human blood transfusions, and experimented with unicorn horns. In his characteristically accessible and lively style, Adrian Tinniswood charts the Society's evolution from poisoning puppies to the discovery of DNA, and reminds us of the increasing relevance of its motto for the modern world: Nullius in Verba-Take no one's word for it.
Micrographia
Author : Robert Hooke
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 26,31 MB
Release : 2019-11-20
Category : History
ISBN :
Book Description
"Micrographia" by Robert Hooke. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Aesthetic Science
Author : Alexander Wragge-Morley
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 13,85 MB
Release : 2020-04-17
Category : Science
ISBN : 022668105X
Book Description
The scientists affiliated with the early Royal Society of London have long been regarded as forerunners of modern empiricism, rejecting the symbolic and moral goals of Renaissance natural history in favor of plainly representing the world as it really was. In Aesthetic Science, Alexander Wragge-Morley challenges this interpretation by arguing that key figures such as John Ray, Robert Boyle, Nehemiah Grew, Robert Hooke, and Thomas Willis saw the study of nature as an aesthetic project. To show how early modern naturalists conceived of the interplay between sensory experience and the production of knowledge, Aesthetic Science explores natural-historical and anatomical works of the Royal Society through the lens of the aesthetic. By underscoring the importance of subjective experience to the communication of knowledge about nature, Wragge-Morley offers a groundbreaking reconsideration of scientific representation in the early modern period and brings to light the hitherto overlooked role of aesthetic experience in the history of the empirical sciences.
I Am a Book. I Am a Portal to the Universe
Author : Stefanie Posavec
Publisher : Particular Books
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 24,7 MB
Release : 2020-09-03
Category : Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc
ISBN : 9780241408759
Book Description
Hello. I am a book. But I'm also a portal to the universe. I have 112 pages, measuring twenty centimetres high and twenty centimetres wide. I weigh 450 grams. And I have the power to show you the wonders of the world.
History of the Royal Astronomical Society, 1820–1920
Author : John Louis Emil Dreyer
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 21,4 MB
Release : 2014-03-20
Category : History
ISBN : 110806860X
Book Description
Published in 1923, this work surveys the world's oldest astronomical society, with chapters contributed by leading contemporary astronomers.
Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's Life
Author : William Stukeley
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 36,32 MB
Release : 2016
Category :
ISBN : 9781523211159
Book Description
"Memoirs of Sir Isaac Newton's life" from William Stukeley. Antiquary, ed at Cambridge (1687-1765).
Establishing the New Science
Author : Michael Hunter
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 26,49 MB
Release : 1989
Category : History
ISBN : 9780851155067
Book Description
Hunter's reputation as one of the foremost students of Restoration science in England can only be further enhanced by this volume.' NATURE For anyone interested in the scientific revolution these essays are compulsory reading. Elegantly written and carefully researched, they are a welcome addition to the already extensive literature on the early years of the Royal Society.'HISTORYIn a series of detailed case studies, Michael Hunter presents a fresh view of the formative years of Britain's oldest scientific institution; The Royal Society of London, founded in 1660.
The Great Fire of London
Author : Samuel Pepys
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 54 pages
File Size : 42,3 MB
Release : 2015-03-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0141397551
Book Description
'With one's face in the wind you were almost burned with a shower of Firedrops' A selection from Pepys' startlingly vivid and candid diary, including his famous account of the Great Fire Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
